Training and Resources (formerly The National Training Project)

Domestic Abuse Intervention Project

Training and Resources

In the past twenty years, the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project has responded to thousands of requests asking for information, for guidance or, sometimes, simply for encouragement. The project has offered seminars, trainings and workshops in fifteen countries and has provided training for staff of domestic violence and community agencies in all fifty states. In 1989 the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project decided to form the National Training Project using both trainers who work directly with the Duluth Model and practitioners implementing similar projects.

While our experience over the years has led to the development of exercises, handouts, overheads, lectures and training videos, no two seminars, conferences, or trainings have been the same. The social, economic and political realities of each community we travel to or of those who have attended our week-long institutes in Duluth have shaped the design and content of every training we have offered.

As described in our catalog, the Domestic Abuse Intervention Program offers a number of general and specialized trainings. The general trainings focus on providing a philosophical orientation for practitioners and defines the roles of each agency in dealing with both the victim and with the assailant. The specialized trainings offer an overview of the interagency approach but focus on enhancing the individual practitioner's skills and philosophical orientation in carrying out specific intervention functions.

Many communities ask us to provide a one-day interagency training followed by specialized trainings. A training coordinator can assist you in determining which of the trainings or combination of trainings best fits your community needs. Our brochure gives a general description of each of the trainings.